boudoir
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French boudoir, from bouder (“to sulk”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /buˈdwɑɹ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbuːdwɑː/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun[edit]
boudoir (plural boudoirs)
- A woman's private sitting room, dressing room, or bedroom.
- 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 1, page 118:
- The Duchesse's boudoir was fitted up in a style of luxury utterly different from anything before familiar to the Carraras.
- 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, OCLC 1227855:
- I found her in her boudoir getting outside a dish of tea and a crumpet.
Usage notes[edit]
Strictly refers only to a woman’s room, but sometimes used informally or humorously by men to refer to their inner sanctum.[1]
Coordinate terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
woman's private room — see bower
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Raymond Chandler (1939) The Big Sleep, page 53: ““Tut, tut,” I said. “Come into my boudoir.””
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
boudoir m (plural boudoirs)
Further reading[edit]
- “boudoir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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